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[fast, fahst] / fæst, fɑst /










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"Roberto de Zerbi needs to get his new players to settle in quickly as the Premier League comes at you so fast, and it feels like his team are second-guessing everything at the moment."

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

Proportion of more than 500 surveyed U.S. operators who see delivery costs rising as fast or faster than revenue, according to a study by last-mile delivery platform FarEye.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

America’s affordability challenges mounted fast in 2022, as inflation rates soared as the U.S. and global economies restarted following the coronavirus pandemic and the Federal Reserve started raising its benchmark rate to combat rising prices.

From MarketWatch Aug. 28, 2026

To measure the strength of dark energy, scientists look at how fast the universe is expanding and work backward.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

Reluctantly we dropped the other things on the heap that was fast becoming a mountain.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Himalayan glaciers, which provide critical water to nearly two billion people, are melting faster as the planet heats, exposing communities to unpredictable, costly disasters.

From Barron's Aug. 29, 2026

"We are also exploring how we can go further, including faster deportation of foreign criminals, better use of the women's estate and reviewing the unjust IPP sentences."

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

By studying these events at different distances, the researchers found that more distant objects appeared to be receding faster.

From Science Daily Aug. 29, 2026

“It’s gathered support faster organically than we anticipated,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Inexplicably, Clare felt his undead heart pitter faster.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

That appears to have continued into the third quarter, with a measure of manufacturing activity compiled by S&P Global pointing to the fastest expansion in four and a half years.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

Chicago home prices are rising the fastest among the nation’s biggest cities.

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

Export orders rose at the fastest pace since February 2022—the month that Russia launched its invasion—which in part reflected demand from data centers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

He was so fast that in 2022, I was there at Moorpark High to see him run the fastest wind-legal 100 meters time in state history, 10.14 seconds, as he let out a primal scream.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2026

Even the fastest spots on K.lauea didn’t move several inches in a matter of hours.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

The streets were busy with shoppers who had broken their fasts ahead of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.

From The Wall Street Journal May 27, 2026

Other recent studies on prolonged fasting have also found that the body enters a deep ketogenic state during multi day fasts, dramatically changing how cells use fuel.

From Science Daily May 17, 2026

Bonta, who intermittently fasts and tries not to eat before noon, was sticking to black coffee.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 19, 2025

The Beeches Primary School in Peterborough said about 30 Muslim children in the years 5 and 6 were observing the fasts, during which they refrain from eating between dawn and dusk.

From BBC Mar. 13, 2024

He claims this dream to be divinely inspired, and fasts this day.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

He said that he did go to the mosque every Friday, and that he prayed and fasted and raised his children to be good Muslims.

From Slate Apr. 19, 2026

In came the resistance bands, dead lifts, dumbbells and agility drills, plus a private chef who got a sweet break from 8 p.m. until noon the next day, as Doncic intermittently fasted.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2025

He was joined by thousands who fasted with him and held demonstrations.

From BBC Oct. 23, 2024

The same year, 1988, she fasted in solidarity with her grandfather to protest the use of pesticides on table grapes, and passed out fliers about the issue to grocery store customers in Fresno.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2024

My teacher fasted throughout this time, and my lessons were fewer as he spent many of his days and nights alone speaking with the spirits.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis

Physical activity was particularly associated with slower cognitive decline among Hispanic participants, while lower fasting blood glucose levels were linked to slower cognitive decline among non-Hispanic white participants.

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 2026

It is the fasting warming continent, heating up twice as fast as the global average, according to the Copernicus climate service.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

In late 2022, Elon Musk posted that he lost 30 pounds by fasting and taking semaglutide.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

At the protest site in the capital Delhi, he began fasting on 28 June and has consumed nothing but salt and water since then, losing more than 9kg.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

His life was always directed by the art of thinking, waiting and fasting.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse




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